now they've been tipped off and on the way. they say this young man. with his brother he's taking them to his house where they planned to search for narcotics. and this is all they find this time around roughly a gram of hashish which will result in a charge of possession rather than distribution. but it's clear that such tactics can pay dividends the police showed us some of the drugs they have seized on previous raids. pills of ecstasy hashish and. tramadol.

unfortunately there is a big difference between the number of arrests in 2009 compared to 2008 drug cases have gone up in the last year in 2009 we had close to 1200 then 4 cases of which 500 the 91 war trauma dog related. we seized close to 2 and a half 1000000 trauma pills compared 255-0000 in 2000 and. 3 key conduit for illegal substances into district. the drugs are mostly supplied by israel and directly via egypt and the tunnels some drugs also come directly from egypt the prophets young people who want to get rid.

quick. we have called the leaders between the ages range from $20.00 to $23.00 with huge quantities of drugs and they are considered among the biggest dealers in gaza. these radios are the main source of drugs to gaza and their aim as our evidence from official cases shows is to flood gaza with drugs. they had some of the growing problem has prompted the police to push for stiffer sentences but there's only so much that a government can do. some things will slip through the net in this shadowy underworld where thousands of gazans risk their lives every day to earn a living. these young men told us they regularly work overnight sometimes sustained by the illegal pills they help transport. him up the tab key for the left.

so. from that then. there are shocked and zenith must shipman. the one thing that harbaugh had the short. term if you show him 100. 20 and then shipped off to the front on the 1st time the whole harbor from going off on a 1000000 corn for the british to learn the mother of her listener for the. city. but for those who do get caught this is the lot that awaits them. this is gaza central jail and this is the section where they're holding prisoners on drug charges and both users and dealers here is 120 of them in 3 different cells . some of the men have been charged and convicted

others are still waiting court proceedings. are given him in the. shoulder i was put in prison 2 months ago. i was playing the role of the middleman between a trader and a buyer. and i also take drugs. but after that i have been taking drugs for a long time since $99.00 to. started taking drugs when i went to tel aviv and israel. so i know that is going to have this experience is humiliating as you can see 35 people sleeping in the same room is not healthy malls are not high that. the police say their prisons are part of an imperfect yet effective strategy to clamp down on trafficking going to me for me to free them any more than. we stop 80 percent of the drugs before they entered the gaza strip then

we start an investigation depending on the information we get the confessions we get from people the letters lead us to the major dealers who try to get the drugs from an awful. lot you know. but some question the methods used to extract information. as a drug user claims he's experienced these methods firsthand on more than one occasion. they just beat you up they tie you up like this they raise you up on a chair. and hang you from a chain for a day or 2. with the blindfold you so you won't recognise the person beating you and then go after them in the streets. when they let me down of the chair i couldn't feel my arms i swear i could not feel them. the ministry of

interior denies physical violence is being used against drug offenders but it's allegations tapped into a longstanding taboo in palestinian society. and in law. there are links between drug addiction and spying if you are an addict you're on the side of the occupation and as long as you're with the occupation then you are against palestinian society you're a suspect fact i used to link addiction with collaboration addicts get no sympathy . when the new government came to power they followed the same path and. that's why when an addict falls in the hands of the police you find that the most junior to the most senior in the police hierarchy will beat him as a form of revenge. the doctor says this suspicion is fueling a police behavior that's aggravating and already serious problem. and to say

psychologically torture will only increase the person's addiction so you're making matters more complicated by beating him. if the addict does not feel that society sees him as a human being and he will she will become more depressed than of us so we'll wait then of out of the. way then of out of my fear is difficult trauma siege and on top of that torture from your own people from the people you expect to be on your side that only increases the trauma and if the addict takes 2 pills of trauma how he was she'll start to take for him off what about that has gotten him off. the oahu with a siege that continues to tighten its grip on people some have resigned themselves to accepting the reality that it's gaza today. and they did the planning had it i

would like to be able to stop taking drugs because i'm tired i'm depleted from the inside. i'm talking to you and all my internal organs are in god's mercy sometimes i feel that my wife will try to wake me up but i won't wake up that they can and that i will be gone and meet god almighty with their newborn the whole. ready ready ready ready ready ready ready amount continues to see his doctor on a weekly basis ready he has not given up on his hopes for a better future ready. the 1st thing i wish for is a job i'm all the 2nd dream i have is to settle on a house of my own. well how they can do. that i could have a nice home to live in 'd and to live the trauma pills behind.

'd and comfortably numb from 2010 that was the situation a decade or so ago and conditions in gaza have if anything got worse since the palestinians began their friday protests at the border fence a recent report by the un human rights council logged 189 killed and more than 6000 engine 2018 alone it wouldn't be a surprise then if the opioid problem had to tear rated along with the political and humanitarian situation rewind returned recently to gaza to find out. gaza's drug problem hasn't gone away in the last 10 years if anything the recent upsurge in violence at the border has made the painkiller problem once. and who. 10 years on

dr samir says there's still a reluctance to come forward to be treated i goes this community mental health program for fear of reprisals. i had a live in a minute man i had the lead in a ladder they'll have to remember to illyria that remember when they got the bin of c. ya know you have one min journey because 4000000 mccollum and one woman. was mental are. as the authority come down on tramadol other painkillers with brand names such as lark and furious that are becoming more popular. now to call arbor. will be there early overwritten to par. apart from the wall paper pressure too is another key reason why young people are taking these drugs

a 3rd. of power can turn it. over. the battle to remain drug free is ongoing can live side could. tell us the. battle in cern eric if more have the. cost for his vision in. charity charity. in general carson or in could have been inserted. has he moved the bill with. the medical community. because this economic deprivation and lack of employment opportunities has led to a new more worrying problem women too are now becoming addicted. many. comes or a serene center where i come. from so it's

a reason fertile. barber. said one. man well added but it is. in the past few years the palestinian authority targeted the drug traffickers. however i've excess are seen as criminals rather than patients. well is a bad. imprisoning the growing number of addicts is clearly not the answer so causes jerks problem. doctors are believes that therapy is the only way to address the issue now. yes and yes who how many in. survival

e fucker didn't e-mail me have a lot on. every market will insight into the side effects of israel's continuing blockade of gaza well that's it for miles do join us again next time and you can check out the rewind page at al-jazeera dot com for more films from the series but for now thank you for joining us and see you again soon. 2 planes from studio and 15 checked no hotel mr. missing for 5 days it is possible to fully clean the premises all forensic evidence but what you then leave is evidence that you have fully cleaned from mystery wanted to give an exit and i would expect from stock to speak about the hole in the books before even the saudi government just a. motor in

a saudi consulate on al-jazeera. centuries it was the remote this of brazil's indigenous communities the protected them from the rapacious outside walls now it's what shields those who are encroaching on protected indigenous territory starting fires and threatening the residents of the county when i had the 1st contact with the outside walls in 1978 and when i catch a good talking hand they tonight which translated for us into portuguese remembers it well she says they brought diseases that decimated the community but that. we had a lot of land and we lived peacefully now you live with fear that are very few firsts the invaders are coming closer it's difficult to gauge why a place so remote so tranquil should not says so much to the rest of the walls indigenous people who live here have always realized it but now as the smoke fills the skies and the ashes pollute the river the rest of the world is beginning to

realize it too. after the genocide we've been on the most fun never book. times has been lifted them. one woman's vision uplifted many lost who. is in this resistance they still tool using football team transforming lives in her community on and off the pitch. to take their children to school decision. was it she gets gold women make change. this is al-jazeera. i'm richelle carey this is the news hour live from doha coming up in the next 60 minutes communication breakdown north korea pull out of nuclear talks with the

united states. only $100.00 killed and no letup in the violence after 5 days of protests across iraq and no signs of a political solution to end the crisis. when the world doesn't focus on the things that are right the things that matter the things that impact real people's lives and instead you get caught up in some silly gotcha game you see that frustration over the impeachment investigation boil over as the u.s. secretary of state heads off for a mission to greece. and concerns that a central festival returning to the o.p.'s capital could lead to an increase in ethnic tensions. north korea has broken off the nuclear as ation talks with the united states the chief nuclear negotiator kim yong gil says they set their expectations were not

fulfilled allegations from both countries were installed. home to discuss telling ending its nuclear program and exchange for sanctions being lifted alan fischer reports. in the chill of an evening in sweden a freeze returned to negotiations between the u.s. and north korea the 2 sides have been meeting in stockholm for the 1st time since previous nuclear talks broke down at a field summit in vietnam in february but it quickly became clear the 2 are dramatically far apart. do us raise expectations by offering suggestions like a flexible approach new method and creative solution is but they have disappointed us greatly and dampen aren't doozie as in for negotiation by bringing nothing to the negotiation table both sides agreed to restart the talks after donald trump's remarkable visit to north korea in june at the end of the g 7 in japan he met the north korean president kim jumpman at the demilitarized zone in the area marking the border between north and south korea and then took the dramatic step over the

border the 1st u.s. president to do so there was hope fresh talks might make progress after president trump's national security advisor john bolton was fired he was seen by the north as an obstacle to a deal he admitted he was deeply skeptical they would ever give up their nuclear weapons and the day after the new talks were the ones pyongyang confirmed it had test fired a ballistic missile designed for a submarine launch a step forward in technology and a clear message to the americans even a few hours before the talks broke down u.s. secretary of state mike pompeo was confident of a breakthrough there were 4 pillars that the 2 leaders agreed to and we were very hopeful that we will make some progress we're mindful this will be the 1st time we've had a chance to have a discussion in quite some time in a statement the state department said the united states and the d.p. r. k. to north korea will not overcome a legacy of 70 years of war and who still a-t. on the korean peninsula through the course of

a single saturday these are with issues and they require a strong commitment by both countries the united states has that commitment the u.s. says it is accepted an invitation from the swedes to return for more talks in 2 weeks time for their part the north koreans say the denuclearization of the korean peninsula is still possible but only when obstacles that threaten their safety and check their development are removed completely without a shadow of doubt that suggest. until the u.s. starts to ease sanctions on north korea they won't be going back to the negotiating table alan fischer. washington scott snyder a senior fellow for korea stays and director of the program at u.s. korea policy at the council on foreign relations who joins us from washington d.c. thank you very much for your time so why such a quick set back. well actually the north koreans indicated before arriving in sweden that they were only going to come for

one and a half days of talks and so i do believe that the early cut off was foreshadowed by the statement of north korea's vice foreign minister but i think that the bigger reason is that the north koreans at this time came looking for concessions rather than negotiations and that is really driven by their perception that president front might be dust for enough to make a bad deal with north korea in order to go into the election election season with a diplomatic victory so when you say that they look at the president of the united states as perhaps desperate what is he done to give that impression i mean going back to perhaps this summit that happened without a lot of reason for it to happen. well the biggest reason i think is related to president trump's appearance at the demilitarized zone you know following hanoi the north koreans were facing their own

failure and the meeting at the d.m.z. really rewrote that script and made it look like president trump was the one who was calling on kim jong un and combination with the perception that president trump as talked about a new process you know indicated the possibility keeps on playing up the relationship with kim jong un and so they may have well thought president trump would give in to a partial denuclearization rather than a complete denuclearization process that he could then use to sell on the campaign trail so when you say he played at times on then yes he has talked very fondly of him has talked about beautiful letters that he's written them eccentric cetera what what is that gotten us. well so far remains to be seen i mean it's true that president trump has met 3 times with the decision maker in

north korea but we haven't gotten the decision that the u.s. wants national security adviser bolton notably thought that can draw going to moving in the opposite direction kim jong un is actually sending opposite signals domestically because he spent a lot more time with the scientists than he has with the businessmen in north korea in recent months and so i think that north korea is signaling that they want to keep their nuclear program in fox. and as we all know they've also ramped up testing in various areas that would suggest that they're really trying to drive a hard bargain and really intimidate the us into accepting north korea's nuclear power and i think that that's a bridge too far even for president trump mr scott snyder thank you so much for

your expertise on this at the council on foreign relations we appreciate it. there's been more anti-government unrest and live fire in iraq's capital baghdad officials say at least 5 protesters have been killed after a 2 day curfew ended a takes the number killed in the last 5 days to almost 100 with thousands more injured there are also reports a number of t.v. stations have been attacked security forces have been deployed to keep demonstrators away from central squares in iran khan has more from baghdad. despite the internet being cut off across most of the country iraqi protestors have found a way to upload videos on to social media sites that appear to show life and take us clouds these are pictures of iraq's government doesn't want you to see they paint a picture of what's happening on the ground and help explain why there have been many deaths and injuries over the past few days because she might be on the process is not holding anything in their hand except for iraqi flags they calling for the

most basic of rights employment and services we need safety and an amnesty law that takes people out of the secret and public prisons iraq has become full of secret prisons the authorities are building prisons only they're not building hospitals or schools being to trinity bettin they have a curfew has been removed that decisions made by the head of parliament and the prime minister applied on the ground because iraqi people have become bored of all the promises that these decisions are applied. the protesters are angry over what they say is government corruption and lack of access to basic needs a curfew that's been in place in baghdad has now ended but the situation is still tense despite the lifting of the ban here in baghdad where the focal point for the protesters is nowhere near as busy as it should be as you can say there's a big heavy security presence now while the protesters are doing is they're

gathering in streets around takrit square. well they've done in the last few days what they're trying to do is get a critical mass together and come into the square the protests are not just in the capital but across the south and central parts of iraq and now there's also a political crisis brewing. parliament was to convene for an emergency session to discuss the protests it never met. 3 major political blocs refused to let their members of parliament sit iraq you know requires a minimum number of m.p.'s to be present before a session can be game instead the speaker of the parliament mohamed el b.c. held a meeting with people who claim to represent the protest as late on saturday he held a news conference surrounded by his party loyalists it was like a campaign rally than a press conference and we've coals for an election from protesters and other parties to see set out a range of economic reforms and social reforms he says his party will introduce. my

loans will be given in the form of credits bank credits be initiated for the purposes of establishing factories and providing equipment this will enable us to stay away from any corruption so facilities will not be given in cash loans yet will be credit for the establishment of factories the speaker is not alone in trying to appeal to the protesters iraqi politicians of all stripes and religious leaders appear to be throwing their support behind the protest movement but it's not clear if the protesters will accept them given the fact that they blame the same politicians for the diet can only situation that sparked protests in the 1st place and the government for violent scenes like these and ron paul i'll just baghdad. he is a former iraqi u.n. ambassador and also director of the center for the study of the middle east at indiana university he joins us via skype from stratford ontario thank you very much for your time would new elections even make

a difference. it's difficult to see how when you were the actions could make a difference because there was fundamentally a stalemate for the law said life was a little more than a year ago and that gave rise to the current prime minister as a compromise candidate their current prime minister was not a candidate for parliament he doesn't control the party in parliament and but he was a compromise candidate so my fear is that a new set of elections while possible under the iraqi constitution under iraqi law . would not result in a substantially different enough different parliament than the one that we have and it's extreme and and elections in iraq are a rather difficult to organize so it's difficult to see a new election on a short term basis to deal with what is in fact already a crisis in the country ok so what can be done or should be done issues and in the

short term obviously it's a much more systemic issue clearly but what would you like to see done in the immediate sapient.